1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia

The 1998 House elections in Georgia occurred on November 3, 1998 to elect the members of the State of Georgia's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Georgia had eleven seats in the House, apportioned according to the 1990 United States census.

1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia

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All 11 Georgia seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Seats before 8 3 Seats won 8 3 Seat change Popular vote 1,039,711 592,004 Percentage 63.72% 36.28% Swing 10.46% 10.52%
District results County results Republican   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   >90% Democratic   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%

These elections were held concurrently with the United States Senate elections of 1998 (including one election in Georgia), the United States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 1998[1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats before	Seats after	+/–
	Republican	1,039,711	63.719%	8	8	±0
	Democratic	592,004	36.281%	3	3	±0
	Others	0	0.0%	0	0
Valid votes		-	-%
Invalid or blank votes		-	-%
Totals		1,631,715	100.00%	11	11	-
Voter turnout

Results

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Result
Georgia's 1st	Jack Kingston	Republican	1992	Re-elected	Jack Kingston (R) unopposed
Georgia's 2nd	Sanford Bishop	Democratic	1992	Re-elected	Sanford Bishop (D) 57% Joseph McCormick (R) 43%
Georgia's 3rd	Mac Collins	Republican	1992	Re-elected	Mac Collins (R) unopposed
Georgia's 4th	Cynthia McKinney	Democratic	1992	Re-elected	Cynthia McKinney (D) 61% Sunny Warren (R) 39%
Georgia's 5th	John Lewis	Democratic	1986	Re-elected	John Lewis (D) 79% John Lewis Sr. (R) 21%
Georgia's 6th	Johnny Isakson	Republican	1999	Re-elected	Newt Gingrich (R) 71% Gary Pelphrey (D) 29%
Georgia's 7th	Bob Barr	Republican	1994	Re-elected	Bob Barr (R) 55% James Williams (D) 45%
Georgia's 8th	Saxby Chambliss	Republican	1994	Re-elected	Saxby Chambliss (R) 62% Ronald Cain (D) 38%
Georgia's 9th	Nathan Deal	Republican	1992	Re-elected	Nathan Deal (R) unopposed
Georgia's 10th	Charlie Norwood	Republican	1994	Re-elected	Charlie Norwood (R) 59% Marion Freeman (D) 41%
Georgia's 11th	John Linder	Republican	1992	Re-elected	John Linder (R) 69% Vince Littman (D) 31%